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It sounds like the TURN server is effectively acting like an (open) proxy. Wouldn't that mean the operator still has to have the infrastructure to handle the connections + traffic?

I'm assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that most of these RTC connections are happening over NAT and therefore usually go over TURN rather than by connecting directly. Even if that's not the case, why not try direct p2p connection first then fall back to routing through an application-specific proxy, which can have tighter controls on who connects to who and what payloads they send?



Sorry, my bad, I indeed confused STUN and TURN.




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